Personal Care Assistant

Personal Care Assistant Sheffield, England

Penderels Trust
Full Time Sheffield, England 10.49 GBP HOURLY Today
Job description

About the Employer

Personal assistant wanted to assist and reassure an anxious lady with Alzheimer's disease in the S11 area of Sheffield with managing admin, attending appointments and accessing the community.

Employer Disability and Health Conditions

  • Mobility / Physical
  • Cognitive / Learning
  • Mental Health

Other conditions include: Alzheimer's disease, asthma, emphysema, COPD, anxiety

The employer's hobbies and interests:

  • Jigsaws and sudoku
  • Watching Netflix
  • Walks and coffee

Other relevant information

  • The individual is a smoker.

The individual has allergies. Pets, dust and Pencillin.

About the Role

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
  • Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, e.g.

hospital/doctors.

  • Support with food shopping.
  • Support to get to and from school/work/college/social activities.
  • Support and/or prompt the individual to access sporting and leisure activities.
  • Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
  • Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
  • Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
  • Support with managing paperwork & correspondence .

The individuals needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.

You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.

Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).

Lateral Flow Test Requirement

Due to the nature of the work you’re applying for, you may be required to take a Lateral Flow Test (LFT) and upload the results online every day before you start work.

Transport Requirement

Car driver preferred but not essential.

Required Skills

  • Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual.
  • Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social

media in relation to the job role.

  • To be able to work on own initiative.
  • Be patient, supportive and caring.
  • Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional

support.

  • Be empathetic.
  • Previous caring experience is essential.
  • Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employers needs on a daily basis.
  • Flexibility would be an advantage as the hours may be variable.
  • Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.

Other skills include: Calming presence to help with panic and anxiety

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 3 per week

Salary: £10.49 per hour

Benefits:

  • Flexitime

Schedule:

  • Flexitime

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 14/04/2023
Reference ID: SHE14814EN1

Personal Care Assistant
Penderels Trust

https://www.penderelstrust.org.uk/
Coventry, United Kingdom
Gary Jones
$1 to $5 million (USD)
51 to 200 Employees
Company - Private
Civic, Welfare & Social Services
1988
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